®Planning appeal decision
LAND TO THE EAST OF PARK LANE, (KNOWN AS UPPER VERT WOOD), Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6RD
part retrospective application for erection of welfare facilities including a single composting toilet, a tool storage shed, two tarpaulin shelters and a timber storage/open shelter for the purpose of woodland management
- Authority
- Wealden District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development has resulted in the loss or deterioration of irreplaceable habitat, in this case ancient woodland
- its effect on the Low Weald Landscape
- whether any harm to irreplaceable habitat by loss or deterioration is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to wholly exceptional reasons to justify the development
- if there are wholly exceptional reasons to justify the development, whether a suitable compensation strategy exists
What decided it
The public benefits of woodland management, habitat restoration, biodiversity enhancement and public access clearly outweigh the limited harm to irreplaceable habitat, constituting wholly exceptional reasons that justify the development.
Plan policies cited: Policy EN13, Policy EN8, Policy SPO1, Policy WCS12, Policy WCS14, Policy DC3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.